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Francois Fillon (C, former French prime minister, member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre right, and Mayor of Juvisy sur Orge Robin Reda (R) attend a meeting with municipal police officers and mayors during a visit at a CSU, urban surveillance center cheap canada goose, in Athis Mons, Paris suburb, February 8, 2017. Picture taken February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Samson/Pool.

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